Method and apparatus for manipulating data on electronic device display

Abstract

A data processing method and apparatus of an electronic device for manipulating data presented on a page displayed on a display includes displaying the page for receiving a user input, forming an area on the page in response to the user input, providing, on a perimeter of the formed area, at least one mark configured to adjust the formed area, and displaying data in the formed area.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A data processing method of an electronic device, the method comprising:
 displaying a page configured to receive a user input;   forming an area on the page in response to the user input; and   displaying data in the formed area.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the data comprises data stored in a memory functionally connected to the electronic device. 
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the data comprises data received through a network. 
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the user input comprises at least one user gesture. 
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 4 , wherein forming the area comprises adjusting the area to a specific shape according to the user gesture. 
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein forming the area comprises acquiring the data in response to a user input. 
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein displaying the data comprises controlling the data displayed in the formed area in response to the user input. 
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 7 , wherein controlling the data comprises restricting the user input to the page to at least a portion of the page. 
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 7 , wherein controlling the data comprises displaying at least one menu corresponding to a function of controlling the data. 
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein displaying the data comprises displaying the data on the page in response to the user input. 
     
     
         11 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein displaying the data comprises adjusting at least one of a size and position of the area according to the user input. 
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein displaying the data comprises applying at least one style selected among a plurality of styles and a style input by a user to the area. 
     
     
         13 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein forming the area comprises displaying a plurality of sub-areas including at least a first subarea and a second subarea. 
     
     
         14 . The method of  claim 13 , wherein the data comprises a plurality of data including at least a first data and a second data, and wherein the displaying of the data comprises displaying the first data in the first sub-area and the second data in the second subarea. 
     
     
         15 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the data comprises a plurality of data including at least a first data and a second data, the first data being received from one of first and second image sensors functionally connected to the electronic device, and the second data being received from another image sensor except the sensor which received the first data. 
     
     
         16 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the area comprises a plurality of subareas and, when one of the sub-areas is selected, the data displayed in the selected subarea is stored. 
     
     
         17 . An electronic device, comprising:
 a computer-implemented page display module configured to display a page for receiving a user input;   a computer-implemented area display module configured to display an area on the page in response to the user input;   a computer-implemented data display module configured to display data in the displayed area.   
     
     
         18 . The electronic device of  claim 17 , wherein the data display module acquires the data in response to the user input. 
     
     
         19 . The electronic device of  claim 17 , wherein the frame area display module is configured to display the area according to at least one a shape of a dot, line, or diagram detected in response to the user input. 
     
     
         20 . A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having recorded thereon a data processing method of an electronic device, the method comprising:
 displaying a page configured to receive a user input;   forming an area on the page in response to the user input; and   displaying data in the formed area.